High-efficiency high-power solid-state CW visible lasers for large-format-display applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7197, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chernysheva, Tatyana A ^a   Elkins, Dennis F ^a   Anderegg, Jesse P ^a   Williams, Forrest L ^a  

^a Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancement cavity; LBO crystal; Nonlinear conversion; RGB display

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; 1550 NM; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CRYSTAL FACETS; CURRENT SYSTEM; CW OPERATION; DISPLAY APPLICATION; ENHANCEMENT CAVITY; FWHM BANDWIDTH; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-POWER; LARGE-FORMAT; LASER OUTPUT; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; LBO CRYSTAL; LITHIUM TRIBORATE; LONG-TERM OPERATION; NEAR INFRA RED; NONLINEAR CONVERSION; POWER LEVELS; RELIABLE OPERATION; RGB DISPLAY; RING CAVITIES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SUM-FREQUENCY MIXING; TUNABLE LASERS; VISIBLE LASERS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; WALLPLUG EFFICIENCY;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; SOLID STATE LASERS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 65649117017     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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